Old Wife fishes schooling on the Wreck of the Portland Maru, Enoplosus armatus. The Portland Maru was a 117-meter Japanese cargo ship which struck a submerged object and was beached near Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island, on March 19, 1935.
Species: Old wife, Enoplosus armatus
Location: Wreck of the Portland Maru, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Image ID: 39230
Brown pelican spreads its large wings as it balances on a perch above the ocean, displaying adult winter plumage. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 20265
Brown pelican spreads its large wings as it balances on a perch above the ocean, early morning light, displaying adult winter plumage. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 20300